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Chinese vs Tagalog


Tagalog vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Philippines  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Australia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
18  
8

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Baybayin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Kamusta  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
pakiusap  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Paálam  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Wu  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Yue  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.42 %  
32

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
45.00 million  
13

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
chinois  
tagalog  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
1593  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indonesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Filipino  

Language Position
1  
1
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
zho  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
31-CKA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Chinese and Tagalog Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Tagalog language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Tagalog language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Chinese and Tagalog Language History.

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Chinese and Tagalog Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Chinese and Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Tagalog language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Tagalog Difficulty

The Chinese vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Tagalog Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Chinese and Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.

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